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Figure of a River Deity
Made by: Strasbourg Manufactory (France, working 1720–1781)
French
about 1748
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware (faience), colored enamels
Dimensions
Height: 27.9 cm (11 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.930.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionMale river god reclining beside overturned pot spouting water, crowned with foliage and partly draped in blue, on oblong grassy base
ProvenanceOctober 1991, purchased from Michel Vandermeersch, Paris (dealer) by Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger, New York